A whole new wing was erected on the front of the house facing east towards a newly laid lawn.

The house was bought by two schoolmasters, James Hainsworth and George Hudson in 1863, and then by the Roberts family in the late 19th century.

[3] In 1918, the house was purchased by Tottington Urban District Council for £2,750, for use as its town hall.

[7][8] A war memorial, designed by Walter Marsden in the form of a Portland stone wall with a simple cross in the centre, which was intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the First World War, was unveiled to the south of the town hall in April 1930.

It is five bays wide, with sash windows and a central door with half columns and a cornice hood.